Delaware Dave Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 52 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqntQIt3RbU 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit 93 Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 This made me smile. A very particular brand of showmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Korg Prophecy - that was a fun board! Always wanted one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Fun to watch. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'll see your Kool and raise you a Cory: [video:youtube] Jaw dropping action begins at 4:20, but you know you want to listen to the whole thing... Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Tasty. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 And Joe doesn't suck either... He knows what to leave out better than anyone I ever knew. [video:youtube] Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Jaw dropping action begins at 4:20, but you know you want to listen to the whole thing... Fuck it...I'm going back to playing bass and guitar. I ain't never gonna play keys like that. (Loved it.) Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.Honey Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 No bad ass playing thread would be complete without Belinda: [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 [video:youtube] When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 No bad ass playing thread would be complete without Belinda... When she threw her leg over the keytar, I wasn't sure whether she was going to make love to it or start playing it with her toes... Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayM Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 52 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqntQIt3RbU Interesting that it looks like he's using fingers on the wheels instead of thumb. I wonder if he always does that or just on the Prophecy with its tiny wheels. North Haverbrook - Godsticks - SoundCloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 That's one synth I don't know much about. http://en.advisto.com/user_images/159845_7035_prophecy.jpg When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 [font:Comic Sans MS]dude, it was incredible.[/font] http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Scored one of these a few years ago from a pawnshop that thought it was a mini-arranger keyboard with non-working internal speakers. One must remember that it is a mono-synth and internally only plays "leads" but it is also makes for a very nice controller. (PS: Prophecy can very quickly piss off bass players via it's monstrous bass patches and articulations.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 52 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqntQIt3RbU Interesting that it looks like he's using fingers on the wheels instead of thumb. I wonder if he always does that or just on the Prophecy with its tiny wheels. Chick Corea also does that... to each his own. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod S Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've always used fingers instead of thumb as well. Z1 was basically a polyphonic Prophecy. Monstrous synth at the time, but with setbacks. Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrythek Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I've always used fingers instead of thumb as well. Z1 was basically a polyphonic Prophecy. Monstrous synth at the time, but with setbacks. Well, that's not completely accurate. It was based on the Prophecy, but those models were improved, and more were added (7 became 13). Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 52 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqntQIt3RbU Say what you will about this, but I surely can appreciate: -The ability to play a solo over a modal vamp and actually build and build to a climax -The fuckin showmanship. As silly as it is, the audience loves it. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 -The fuckin showmanship. As silly as it is, the audience loves it. I've always been very aware of the precise wording of the phrase, "I'm going to see a band." Operative word: See. The audience can listen to you anytime, anywhere, but if they pay their hard-earned money to come see you, give 'em something to watch. Don't stand there like you've been Super Glued to the floor. MOVE, DAMMIT! Make eye contact with them once in a while. (This is easier when they're pretty girls, but in the absence thereof, at least pretend to look at the audience.) Nothing brands a band as a bunch of amateurs faster than for them to stand rooted to the floor, staring myopically at their guitar necks or keyboards the whole night. Ian Anderson, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page were masters at this. Make big gestures. Move your entire body. You're playing to the back row. You're the size of their fingernail and they can't see you twitch your eyebrow like some blasted movie star. I'm old school: They paid for a show. Give 'em one. Don't shine a bunch of stage lights in their eyes and call it entertainment. That's a lame trick to cover up for a band that's lacking. What 'cha gonna do if you're playing an outdoor gig in the blazing sun? The lights won't dazzle 'em then. It's up to you to make it worth their while to come out. I thought the guy did just fine. Two thumbs up. Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 -The fuckin showmanship. As silly as it is, the audience loves it. I've always been very aware of the precise wording of the phrase, "I'm going to see a band." Operative word: See. The audience can listen to you anytime, anywhere, but if they pay their hard-earned money to come see you, give 'em something to watch. Don't stand there like you've been Super Glued to the floor. MOVE, DAMMIT! Make eye contact with them once in a while. (This is easier when they're pretty girls, but in the absence thereof, at least pretend to look at the audience.) Nothing brands a band as a bunch of amateurs faster than for them to stand rooted to the floor, staring myopically at their guitar necks or keyboards the whole night. Ian Anderson, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page were masters at this. Make big gestures. Move your entire body. You're playing to the back row. You're the size of their fingernail and they can't see you twitch your eyebrow like some blasted movie star. I'm old school: They paid for a show. Give 'em one. Don't shine a bunch of stage lights in their eyes and call it entertainment. That's a lame trick to cover up for a band that's lacking. What 'cha gonna do if you're playing an outdoor gig in the blazing sun? The lights won't dazzle 'em then. It's up to you to make it worth their while to come out. I thought the guy did just fine. Two thumbs up. Grey Depends. If the keyboardist is the lead then yeah. Otherwise I much prefer watching a keyboardist that's all about focusing on his craft and leaving the stage show to the lead singer, guitarist or do-wop girls. I think too many band members trying to be "watch worthy" comes off looking lame. Tony Banks comes to mind as one of the more boring keyboardist I love to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 If all the members of the band are too active simultaneously, then yeah, sometimes it can be too much of a good thing. Hendrix was always the center of attention--I'm not sure that anyone would care to compete with him for showmanship. Ian Anderson was always the most active member of Tull, but John Evan also did his share and the various bass players were always in motion. Martin Barre less so. They managed to make it work well, indeed. I've always given Tull credit as being the best live act I ever saw, bar none. All the craziness, and yet tight as you could ask for musically. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were a good pair, both good at what they did and both working the audience. John Paul Jones was pretty much a perfect stick. Bonzo was a wild man, but was tied to his drum kit, so that limited him to some extent. An unspoken assumption on my part is that the players who can't play are weeded out before the band hits the stage. They should never have been there in the first place. Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I think too many band members trying to be "watch worthy" comes off looking lame. Heh. Ladies and Gentlemen, Vanilla Fudge. [video:youtube] Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Heh. Ladies and Gentlemen, Vanilla Fudge. All that and whirly celestial lights, too. That's old school. You had to entertain the audience without lasers, without holograms, and without shining lights in their eyes. Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyNQ Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I think too many band members trying to be "watch worthy" comes off looking lame. Heh. Ladies and Gentlemen, Vanilla Fudge. Excellent! I'm amazed the organist didn't dislocate something. I've always been a fan of the subtle-but-sexy-shoulder-shrug so wonderfully demonstrated here at 2:33. [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckW Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I saw Genesis at their peak (Trick of the Tail) and was blown away by Tony Banks massively heavy, uber low Moog Taurus bass pedals. You get a pass on dancing around if you're using all 4 (or was it 5) limbs to make music. Regarding Vanilla Fudge, the left hand playing is optional and available for waving around akimbo if you happen to have Tim Bogert on bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 You get a pass on dancing around if you're using all 4 (or was it 5) limbs to make music. I'm not sure I want to know about that fifth limb. Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 One of those synchronicity moments: Victor Wooten on showmanship Suddenly, an interview pops up that pertains to showmanship. I know there aren't a lot of bass players here, but I think what he says in the third video is applicable, no matter what instrument you play. He's talking about engaging a jazz audience--that jazz audiences have dwindled because (and I'm paraphrasing here) the performers have gotten boring...they've got chops, but they're boring to watch. Curiously, he says almost verbatim what I said earlier: That people come to see a band. Grey I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Excellent! I'm amazed the organist didn't dislocate something. Yeah, and I sometimes wonder the same thing about how this guy avoided migraine headaches while performing (Vince Crane from Atomic Rooster, check him out at 1:00 and 4:05 in this video): [video:youtube]W_nD2Ki598E Okay, so he committed suicide 18 years later... Easy to see why Carl Palmer bailed out on him to join ELP. Beware of semi-suicidal organ players! Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poserp Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Whatever you do, I say it's better when it's a team effort (and everyone plays along): [video:youtube]kW00e_fQIRU I think that applies whether it's an "energetic" performance, or something more focused: [video:youtube]-CtgAgTqx0w I can appreciate both of those styles (from among many other options). I think some consideration should be made about whether or not the performance fits the vibe of the song. My music http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Pk12 My Soundware (Kurzweil PC3)http://pksoundware.blogspot.com/ My Kurzweil PC3 Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/user/poserp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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